This information swept the University of Wisconsin this morning like a hurricane.
Okay, so look, if you're on any of the products from Symantec/Norton, or any of those listed in the 2nd to last paragraph of this article, get off of them NOW. Got a paid subscription, consider it worthless and get off anyway!
This really burns my ass (kinda like Ricko's flame thrower.) How long have we been able to run processes in a sandbox to protect the OS kernel, and the entire system for that matter? Because Symantec just could not be bothered, MILLIONS of users are presently at extreme risk of viruses, worms, and ransomware.
Did you notice who ISN'T on the list? Yup - Microsoft. Why? Well, who better to know how to protect Windows than the people who wrote it ?!?
If you are paying for any of this shit, or worse, if you're using a "free" 3rd party antivirus, you've been duped. Time to get off that crazy train.
For ... = Use ....
Win7 = Microsoft Security Essentials (download from Microsoft)
Win8/8.1/10 = Windows Defender (baked in, no action required)
READ THIS ARTICLE:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/06/25-symantec-products-open-to-wormable-attack-by-unopened-e-mail-or-links/